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A 100-year-old stuffed hippo has helped biologists better understand how mammals use their whiskers. Billie, a former resident of London Zoo in the 1920s, was taken out of the Leeds Museums archives ...
The pink and gray stuffed hippo had been gathering dust all winter inside J.R. House’s garage when it received the surprise callup to the big show. Hailey the Hippo was required at Cincinnati ...
A 99-year-old stuffed hippo is being given a "much needed makeover" before being put back on public display at a museum in West Yorkshire.
“Our new look is more than just cosmetic,” says Courtney Wood, Founder of Bubblegum Stuff. “It represents a renewed focus on ...
The hippo, which came from Reds third base coach J.R. House, is attached to a string pulled by a coach. Use of the stuffed animal eliminates the need for a player to suffer a potential injury in ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A pygmy hippo named Jahari that killed an antelope in its enclosure at a Grand Rapids zoo on Tuesday has no history of aggressive behavior, the hippo’s former zoo said.
A small zoo in Thailand plans to capitalize on Moo Deng the baby pygmy hippo's popularity, hoping to patent her brand to help all its animal inhabitants.
When Japan's Osaka Tennoji Zoo took in a hippo named Gen-chan seven years ago, they were told the young animal was a male. Recently, they took a DNA test and found out the mammal is actually a ...
A two-year-old boy who was partially swallowed alive by a hippopotamus is recovering after a man stoned the animal to set the boy free, police in Africa said. According to the Uganda Police Force ...